Dem power player suing to ensure foreigners can meddle in elections
Hansjörg Wyss, a Swiss billionaire who’s “never felt the need to become an American,” is best known for routing hundreds of millions of dollars through the left’s dark-money network.
His goal? According to his sister: “(re)interpret the American Constitution in the light of progressive politics.”
His funding is on shaky legal ground — and he just added “twice-accused sexual harasser” to his résumé.
But the left has no problem accepting his foreign money to fund its pet projects — with a Democratic power player even going to court to ensure Wyss and other foreigners can influence American elections.
Marc Elias — the left’s leading dark-money lawyer, election denier and Hansjörg Wyss’ personal attorney — sued Kansas last month over a new law banning foreign meddling in state-ballot measures.
It’s the second time in less than a year Elias is suing to help groups that are, as the Associated Press put it, “steering” Wyss’ wealth “into the world of American politics and policy.”
Federal law has long made it illegal for foreigners to contribute to candidates, political parties and super........
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